Appeal No. 97-4258
Application No. 08/429,966
nom., Hazeltine Corp. v. RCA Corp., 468 U.S. 1228 (1984). A
reference anticipates a claim if it discloses the claimed
invention such that a skilled artisan could take its teachings
in combination with his own knowledge of the particular art
and be in possession of the invention. In re Graves, 69 F.3d
1147, 1152, 36 USPQ2d 1697, 1701 (Fed. Cir. 1995), cert.
denied, 116 S.Ct. 1362 (1996), quoting from In re LeGrice, 301
F.2d 929, 936, 133 USPQ 365, 372 (CCPA 1962).
The appellants’ invention is directed to a prosthesis for
delivering drugs, such as those used to treat restenosis. As
manifested in independent claim 14, the invention comprises a
tubular body made up of a plurality of helical support
elements wound in a helix configuration in opposing
directions, “a flexible, polymeric filament attached to the
support elements” so that at least a portion is exposed at an
exterior surface of the body, and “a drug compounded into the
polymeric filament such that the drug is delivered to the body
lumen when the tubular body is radially expanded into contact
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007